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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Jiapeng Chong' <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>,
	"gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "linux-staging@lists.linux.dev" <linux-staging@lists.linux.dev>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] staging: pi433: using div64_u64() instead of do_div()
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:34:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <03591933cc384d7e91ede82f0cdd76a8@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220121114955.96979-1-jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>

From: Jiapeng Chong
> Sent: 21 January 2022 11:50
> Subject: [PATCH] staging: pi433: using div64_u64() instead of do_div()
> 
> Clean the following coccicheck warning:
> 
> ./drivers/staging/pi433/rf69.c:286:1-7: WARNING: do_div() does a
> 64-by-32 division, please consider using div64_u64 instead.

That is one of patchcheck's worse warnings.

You need to check the domain of the divisor, not its type.

do_div() exists to avoid expensive 64bit divides when the
divisor is small.

	David

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-21 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-21 11:49 [PATCH] staging: pi433: using div64_u64() instead of do_div() Jiapeng Chong
2022-01-21 13:34 ` David Laight [this message]
2022-02-09 19:15   ` Christophe JAILLET
2022-02-10  8:06     ` Dan Carpenter
2022-02-10  9:21       ` David Laight
2022-02-10 10:42         ` Dan Carpenter

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